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Strengthening Student Support The Freshman Experience / Learning Communities Program at Santa Ana College ASCCC Academic Academy 2012
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Strengthening Student Support. The Freshman Experience / Learning Communities Program at Santa Ana College. ASCCC Academic Academy 2012. Who we are and how we got here. College is a Culture. When your students first arrive at your college, are they enfranchised members of that culture? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Strengthening Student Support
The Freshman Experience / Learning Communities Program at Santa Ana College
ASCCC Academic Academy 2012
Who we are and how we got here
College is a Culture
When your students first arrive at your college, are they enfranchised members of that culture?
What problems do your new students face as they participate in the culture of college?
Student Success Looks Like…..?
If you could describe where your students would be at the end of their first year of college in terms of each of the problems you identified, where would they be?
Does your college have initiatives that are designed to address these problems? Do they work together in an integrated, coherent way to increase student success?
Four Dimensions of Student Success
Academic
Social
Cultural
Behavioral
FEP @ SAC: Essential Features
SAC Demographics (Fall
2011)
≅ 18,000 Credit Students
1,476 New Freshman
52% Female
65% Latino
42% Daytime
FEP Demographics (overall)
≅ 500+ Students
60% Female
87% Latino
18-21 Years Old
90% Daytime
FEP @ SAC: Essential Features
Program History
Started in 1996 (Title III HSI)
Key Ingredient - Faculty Leadership
Gaining and maintaining traction
Since 2004 – primarily grant funded (Title V, Irvine Foundation/SSPIRES, BSI)
FEP @ SAC: Essential Features
Cohorts in sequential linked classes.
Counselors & Teachers meet weekly with partners and once monthly with all members of the program.
One Year in duration
Counselor in the Classroom
Based on the Puente Model
Learning Specialist
Model Success Behaviors
Connection to Support Services
Develop Ed Plans
Time Management
Access to Counselor every week of their First Year
Faculty Recruitment & Activities
Faculty Orientation
Weekly Team Meetings
Monthly Group Meetings
Administrative Support
Why should administrators shepherd programs like this?
Applied Professional Development
Improved College Climate
Retention, Retention, Retention
Programs like FEP Need a Shepherd ‘cause they are not free…. and they need time to grow
The Partnership with Research
Ave. persistence rate to a second semester (1996-2010) FEP = 83% Control = 71% All Freshmen = 56.3%
Completion rate of a two course seq. in one year (1996-2004) FEP English = 42.8% Control English = 26.8% FEP Math = 34.7% Control Math = 21.5%
The Partnership with Research
Ave. % of AA degree attainment (1996-2004) FEP = 18.6% Control = 9.1%
Percentage of students who transfer to a four year university within four years (1998-2004) FEP = 9.6% Control = 5.9%
Synergy, Lessons Learned, & Unintended Consequences
Believing & Doubting Suggestions & Questions
